Clay Mathews speaks about hit on ME3

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AROS

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Nope. Sometimes it’s just football, man.

Did he want to take a shot and knock his block off? Of course. Did he want to seriously injure him? I don’t see any direct evidence of that.

Not intentionally dirty to me at all.

If this was Kam or Sherm or otherwise, we wouldn’t even question it.
 

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If someone hit King Patrick like that in the playoffs today, there would be jail time and possible deportation to Ukraine. They would then be subsequently eternally demonized in Taylor Swift’s next single titled “Fifteen Forever”.
 

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I’m neither for nor against the Clay Matthews Russell Wilson hit but todays NFL would be better IMO if they still allowed hits like that.

Wilson was actively running and when you are running, you can get tagged at any time.

That time was the last time a defense could actually play hard. Everything now is disallowed and a flag would be thrown/ejection/suspension and fine, etc…

And before you call it a “dirty” hit, just remember, that time Seattle and Green Bay developed a real feud, rivalry and hatred between the two teams and if it was the other way around, Seahawks fans, wouldn’t have any issues with Rodgers being hit “hard or dirty” by a Seahawks player.

It’s a two way street.

You can’t play victim and call some things “legal” and other things “illegal/dirty” at your leisure when it’s most convenient and benefits greater for your player/team.
 

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Depends on what name is on the back of the jersey at qb...for Russ he never got those calls so it's clean.
 

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-- Am I watching the wrong video. All I see is Wilson throwing a pick, then running laterally across the field to make a tackle. Matthews blows him up, but was clearly lowering himself to go shoulder to shoulder. Wilson dips a little near the end almost making it helmet to helmet. He is going for a powerful knockout shot, but not at all outside the rules for then.

-- Now would be different. There are newer rules about blindside blocks and blocks towards the line of scrimmage. I love the big shots, the Darryl Williams on Rickey Dudley, the Kam on Davis, but I understand the goal. The league knew about the affects of concussions long before it became "public", although you were a little stupid if you weren't already aware of it. They had to be preemptive.

-- This league has enough attrition from the violence of the game and increasing length of the season. And although I miss the "NFL Greatest Hits" tapes, I do understand, that no one wants the best players in the game, sitting on the sidelines.

Mase
 

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That's a football play. You're no longer a protected player, you're a tackler and he hit you in the chest. Legal hit. It looks pretty violent and had it been Bam Bam he would have gotten flagged.
 

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A lot of people hate Russ, and that's fine. But you can't question his toughness. He said "it's just football" when he was asked after the fact.
 

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Russ never complained once about the hit. He got blasted; it's football. We can argue all day on if it was a cheap shot or not.
Also, this is the same Matthews who yelled to Klappersnatch during a game: "YOU'RE NO RUSSELL WILSON, BRO"
I remember that. In fact, it's the first thing I thought of when I saw the name Clay Matthews on this post. 😂
 

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Made me like him even more as a player. He was so damn good. Another time, he told a reporter "I'm an awesome player"
:ROFLMAO:
 

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Don't even care - except I always hated Clay Mathews, and this don't change that. Not that it matters. At least he got a haircut. Douchebag. And oh yea, F the Packers. And Aaron Rodgers :)
 

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So I guess this means that Clay Matthews won't speak about the actually infamous hit on Russ when he launched airborne from the side and placed the crown of his helmet directly on the earhole of Russ's helmet? That one was attempted flippin' murder.
 

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In my eyes it was a cheap shot, but I'll just get told I think that because I'm a Russ lover, blah blah blah.
Oh well.
Hawks won the game, all that matters.
 

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Russ never complained once about the hit. He got blasted; it's football. We can argue all day on if it was a cheap shot or not.
Also, this is the same Matthews who yelled to Klappersnatch during a game: "YOU'RE NO RUSSELL WILSON, BRO"
I think it was a cheap shot personally.

That Kap comment by him is awesome though lol.
 

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If you are a QB and you throw an interception and you start running in the direction of the interceptor don’t be surprised when you get lit up you will be a target and be considered free game.
 

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As a DB if a QB was trying to make a block he was going to get lit up or as a runner. Why they typically have 5 or 6 guys protecting them, their job in life is to make a defense look bad.
 

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If you are a QB and you throw an interception and you start running in the direction of the interceptor don’t be surprised when you get lit up you will be a target and be considered free game.
Again, Russ didn't complain one bit about this hit. Not once. He said it's football.
If that happened to Brady or Mahomes, dude would be in prison :rolleyes:
 

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